Registrations are now being accepted for our Fall 2017 Workshop. Please submit your online registration ASAP to insure you spot in the program.

The 5th VTE session hopes to produce this incredible historical piece with a full cast of talented teens ready to work as a collaborative team. Previous productions: FAME, Godspell, Les Miserables and Seussical the Musical.

Our session will consist of:

~ Full director-actor collaboration – teens will have the ability to collaborate in an ensemble piece that is guided by the adult staff and allows room for growth as actors throughout the entire process.
~ Process over Product – by producing this piece of theatre and telling this story, the actors will receive new points of view on theatrical techniques that can help further their career. By placing more emphasis on the rehearsal process, actors will be self-reflective on their journey
as actors.
~ Professional Environment – all actors will be treated and will be expected to follow professional guidelines through-out the rehearsal process.
~ Focus on Ensemble – under the direction of our adult staff, emphasis will be placed on the creation and execution of ensemble.

TECH WEEK
Sunday thru Thursday
December 10-14 — 6:00-10:30pm

CASTING – Information about what is required for auditions will be sent out prior to auditions.

AUDITIONS and CALLBACKS – Auditions will take place on Saturday, September 23rd from 3:30-6:30pm. Audition sides will be provided upon registration.

PERFORMANCE — Students and families will participate in this musical theater experience on the Villagers’ Main Stage. All Shook Up will be performed on December 15 & 16, 2017 (Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 3:00pm). Tickets for this production are $12; all seats will be secured online.

Conflicts with your school productions/concerts are not a problem for us if you share your concerns from the start so we can make this work for you . . . Questions can be sent to our producer, donna@villagerstheatre.com.

Enrollment will be limited!

Our mission is to provide a nurturing and challenging educational environment through the completion of a musical production. We strive to provide a high-quality and diverse experience in all areas of the performing arts. In this light, it is our goal to foster an appreciation, understanding, and love of the performing arts with a clear intent to touch the heart, engage the mind, and transform lives by creating extraordinary theater experiences for the young people in our program. Excellence in art changes lives; empowered young people create artistic excellence.

STAFF

COREY RUBEL is the program director of four different youth programs here at the Villagers Theatre; Miniature Musical Makers, Villagers Teen Ensemble, TeensVill and the Summer Theatre Arts Program. Corey is a graduate of Rutgers University and is attaining his masters in Educational Theatre this fall from New York University. This fall, Corey will also become a full-time Middle School Drama Teacher at Rye Country Day School. When he’s not working at the Villagers, Corey has taught classes at Paper Mill Playhouse and George Street Playhouse as well as directed for ReVision Theatre. Corey’s focus and passion has centered around youth-theatre and the development of young actors — he is always finding ways to challenge young actors to reach new goals that are beyond anything that they have ever dreamed!

Programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and administered by the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program: